I have carried an original Wave® since it first came out up to and including today. It has been a very good friend and continues to be.

I keep the straight blade razor sharp and frequently use it in restaurants for cutting steak. I detest a serrated edge and many of the restaurant knives are falling apart or not much better than the side of a metal ruler.....

Before that I carried an original Leatherman tool before they had any variety to choose from. I feel naked without it. The only time I haven't had it is when SoMo and I have flown, twice, and I had to take it off to make it through security.

All Licentiousness aside, I still have the first Leatherman tool, a PST, I
bought in 1984 from Cabela's in anticipation of a motorcycle trip. My
Leatherman Super Tool was purchased in the mid 90s.

Tough little buggers. The PST is in the tackle box now and after 25 years
still works like a charm and the Super Tool is in the truck and that gets a
regular workout too.

I carry a CRKT M16-14 ZSF now. Easily the best knife I have ever owned.
It is just as tough as my Leathermans.

I pulled it out of my pocket at a Home Depot type store here in the
Mid-West to cut a couple of plastic wraps off of something for the wife and
some guy said,"you'd better put that away before someone calls the cops."
I said, "It's not a gun" He said, "Yeah but it looks dangerous."